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Megabucks · draw

Monday, 25 December 2023

ResultMegabucks

Single source
  1. 8
  2. 13
  3. 20
  4. 23
  5. 29
  6. 43

The crowdHeld about as often as an average linefrom the prize table, not from a model of how people pick

Top prizeNot wonnext draw advertised at

Rules6/48 · since Apr 2010draw 2,147 of 2,592 under them

← 2023-12-23All recent draws2023-12-27 →

Where this result came from

SourcesOnly Primary (commercial feed) reported this draw, so there is nothing to check it against. Settled 29 Aug 2026, 09:52 UTC.

  • Primarycommercial feed8 13 20 23 29 4329 Aug 2026, 09:33 UTC

This draw, read by every tool

What the site’s explorations say about the numbers drawn on 25 December 2023 — each beside what chance predicted. None of it says anything about the next draw.

65oddordinary

How ordinary this draw is

Scored 65 of 100 across six shape features — more typical than about 79% of every possible ticket.

  • sum37th
  • odd79th
  • low79th
  • widest gap44th
  • neighbours25th
  • spread45th
Draw Fingerprints →

Each number, as it stood before this draw

Times drawn before — chance expected 268 of each

8292times
13273times
20255times
23268times
29

Prize breakdown · 2023-12-25

  • Lines in play≈ 332kas the winner counts imply
  • Paid out$47.4Kto 8.0k winning lines
  • Won something1 in 42lines took a prize
  • Match 60 winnerschance said 0.03

Where the money went

  • Match 432%$14.9K
  • Match 313%$6.2K
  • Match 4 with Kicker23%$10.9K
  • 3 other tiers32%$15.3K
Tier1101001k10kWinners1101001k10k100k1M10MPrize each
  1. Match 60≈ 0.03 by chance

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240times
43271times

Every number was expected about that many times after 2,146 draws, and they scatter around it. Warm means more than expected, cool means fewer — and a cold number arriving is exactly what cold numbers do.

Frequency Explorer →

Its nearest twin

Shares 3 of 6 numbers (20, 23, 43) with the draw of 30 September 2023 — its closest relative in 2,146 draws. Chance gave a match this close a 100% likelihood somewhere in that history.

From the draw just before (23 December 2023): nothing carried over. Chance says 57% of draws repeat at least one number.

Carry-over / Déjà Vu →

Sum and shape

136

The numbers add up to 136 — the 36th percentile of all possible tickets, around a middle of 147. No two numbers side by side. 50% of draws have at least one such pair.

Sum Distribution →

The longest wait in this draw

23 had not appeared for 32 draws. A number waits about 8 on average, and a wait this long was not a signal — the machine has no memory of it.

Gap & “Overdue” Tracker →

How many people held it

A line like this is played about 1.1× as often as an average ticket — about as popular as most. At 30 million tickets sold, a winner on these numbers would keep about 36% of the jackpot.

Illustrative model, calibrated to published studies — not live sales.

The Unpopular Numbers Edge →
$7,100,000
  • Match 58≈ 6.8 by chance$625
  • Match 4350≈ 350 by chance$42.70
  • Match 36,217≈ 6.2k by chance$1.00
  • Match 5 with Kicker2$2,498
  • Match 4 with Kicker64$171
  • Match 3 with Kicker1,324$4.00
    • Winners, log scale
    • Prize each, log scale
    • Where chance put the count

    The rings take the ≈332k lines the counts imply and assume an evenly spread crowd. Furthest from that: Match 3 — 6,217 winners, 0% more than the 6.2k an even spread gives. The real crowd and an even spread agreed closely on this draw.

    Show the published table
    MatchWinnersPrize each
    Match 60$7,100,000
    Match 5 with Kicker2$2,498
    Match 58$625
    Match 4 with Kicker64$171
    Match 4350$42.70
    Match 3 with Kicker1,324$4.00
    Match 36,217$1.00
    Totals7,965—